Richard England <rlengland <at> verizon.net> writes:
> I've been successfully using the Livna madwifi modules since the second
> kernel release for FC6. While this doesn't help you debug your
> situation, at least it might imply that it CAN work.
I have had another go at installing. First some info:
Laptop: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D 6800
Wireless Hardware: D-Link DWL-G650 H/W version B2
O/S FC6 fully up to date as of 8th April 07
Trying with Madwifi 0.9.3 downloaded 7th April 07
I removed all the old madwifi stuff, and then compiled and installed without any
error messages appearing.
I made sure that /etc/modprobe.conf contained only one extra line:
alias ath0 ath_pci
Then checked that the modules were loaded OK:
[root@lapmike1 madwifi-0.9.3]# modprobe ath_pci
[root@lapmike1 madwifi-0.9.3]# lsmod|grep ath
ath_pci 93988 0
wlan 187236 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 195536 1 ath_pci
dm_multipath 21833 0
dm_mod 58509 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
The file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0 contains:
(and I have changed the ssid and key to x's to hide the info.
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=ath0
HWADDR=00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ESSID=xxx
KEY='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx restricted'
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto
# Next line is to stop dhcp overwriting ntp.conf
# mdc 041007
PEERNTP=no
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
IPV6INIT=no
CHANNEL=
Now the card is plugged in and I checked the values of various parameters.
The ifconfig command gives:
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:10.0.0.55 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:88ff:fe89:9162/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1082 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:5802 (5.6 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1581 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1581 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3810256 (3.6 MiB) TX bytes:3810256 (3.6 MiB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-D8-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:20320 (19.8 KiB) TX bytes:8003 (7.8 KiB)
Interrupt:11
Again I have removed the MAC address for security... but the MAC address under
ath0 is correct but the MAC listed under HWaddr for wifi0 is strange with
additional characters (starting D8) appearing after the initial set of correct
values.
Looking at the output from iwconfig:
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"xxx" Nickname:"lapmike1"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:ED:F3:08
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx Security mode:restri
cted
Power Management:off
Link Quality=43/94 Signal level=-37 dBm Noise level=-80 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
The ESSID and Encryption key is correct.
I cannot get any response to a ping on a name but the output for a ping to a
machine on the local network gives:
ping 10.0.0.1
PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
>From 10.0.0.55 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.55 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>From 10.0.0.55 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
So I do not appear to be associated even though the card has communicated and
obtained its correct ip (10.0.0.55) from dhcp - see the /var/log/messages output
below the route check next:
Also checking the route:
root@lapmike1 madwifi]# ip ro sho
10.0.0.0/24 dev ath0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.55
169.254.0.0/16 dev ath0 scope link
default via 10.0.0.135 dev ath0
The (long) output from /var/log/messages appears below:
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 1
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:07:00.0 (0000 -> 0002
)
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:07:00.0[A] -> Link [PI
LG] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3)
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6M
bps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM
TKIP
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 radio 1.7
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Apr 8 15:13:06 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x40000000, irq=11
Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: dhclient(4258) is already running - exiting.
Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: exiting.
Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port
67 interval 3
Apr 8 15:13:08 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: New relevant interface ath0.IPv6 fo
r mDNS.
Apr 8 15:13:08 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Joining mDNS multicast group on int
erface ath0.IPv6 with address fe80::20d:88ff:fe89:9162.
Apr 8 15:13:08 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Registering new address record for
fe80::20d:88ff:fe89:9162 on ath0.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port
67 interval 6
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 10.0.0.1
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 6
7
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: DHCPACK from 10.0.0.1
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: New relevant interface ath0.IPv4 fo
r mDNS.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Joining mDNS multicast group on int
erface ath0.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.55.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Registering new address record for
10.0.0.55 on ath0.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Withdrawing address record for 10.0
.0.55 on ath0.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on int
erface ath0.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.55.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: iface.c: interface_mdns_mcast_join(
) called but no local address available.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Interface ath0.IPv4 no longer relev
ant for mDNS.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: New relevant interface ath0.IPv4 fo
r mDNS.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Joining mDNS multicast group on int
erface ath0.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.55.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 avahi-daemon[2536]: Registering new address record for
10.0.0.55 on ath0.
Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: bound to 10.0.0.55 -- renewal in 13030 second
s.
Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look
up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/executi
on failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUN
D, Evaluating _BST [20060707]
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irq
poll" option)
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c044f976>] __report_bad_irq+0x36/0x7d
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c044fb57>] note_interrupt+0x19a/0x1d7
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c044f0ed>] handle_IRQ_event+0x1a/0x3f
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c045045c>] handle_level_irq+0xa7/0xdf
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04503b5>] handle_level_irq+0x0/0xdf
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04062be>] do_IRQ+0xb5/0xdb
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c0422b39>] run_rebalance_domains+0x116/0x33e
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04048f3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c042b8ff>] __do_softirq+0x54/0xba
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04061b1>] do_softirq+0x59/0xb1
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c061ff9d>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x5/0x7
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c061e951>] __sched_text_start+0x999/0xa21
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c061e951>] __sched_text_start+0x999/0xa21
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04503b5>] handle_level_irq+0x0/0xdf
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04062cf>] do_IRQ+0xc6/0xdb
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04062cf>] do_IRQ+0xc6/0xdb
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04048f3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c0402d52>] default_idle+0x0/0x3e
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c0402d7e>] default_idle+0x2c/0x3e
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c04023d0>] cpu_idle+0x9e/0xb7
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c074a812>] start_kernel+0x3b6/0x3be
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c074a25a>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x202
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: =======================
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: handlers:
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c058231e>] (yenta_interrupt+0x0/0xb4)
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c058231e>] (yenta_interrupt+0x0/0xb4)
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c05874eb>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x4e)
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c05874eb>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x4e)
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<f09cfd04>] (ohci_irq_handler+0x0/0x785 [ohci1
394])
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<f0b83c71>] (radeon_driver_irq_handler+0x0/0x8
b [radeon])
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<f0e1bdc9>] (ath_intr+0x0/0xb20 [ath_pci])
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: Disabling IRQ #11
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: hardware error; resetting
Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware: ''
(HAL status 0)
Apr 8 15:13:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look
up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:13:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/executi
on failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:13:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUN
D, Evaluating _BST [20060707]
Apr 8 15:14:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look
up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:14:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/executi
on failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:14:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUN
D, Evaluating _BST [20060707]
Apr 8 15:14:32 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look
up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:14:32 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/executi
on failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:14:32 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUN
D, Evaluating _BST [20060707]
Apr 8 15:15:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look
up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:15:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/executi
on failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND
Apr 8 15:15:38 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUN
D, Evaluating _BST [20060707]
So where to next to check things?
